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winrar crc error

ringsting

Posted 25 July 2006 - 12:05 PM

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hi i am having serious problem with winrar every time itry to extract a file i keep getting message crc failed volume is corrupt. i have been using winrar for many years and never had any probs. but just lately this is happening all the time. i have tried uninstalling and installing newest version but no joy i have also tried using 7zip to extract which seemed to work but now having same prob with that . realy need to sort this out pdq. any advice plzzzzz.

ringsting

Posted 25 July 2006 - 02:21 PM

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And you have the most current version of WinRAR (3.51 stable or 3.60 beta)? Strange, this error is reported when the file you are extracting is bad.

yes i have 3.60 beta. got me beat as i said have used for years never any probs. the only obviouse changes i canthink of recently are ihave installed limewire pro with java and ihave upgraded spysweeper . use winrar a lot to unwrap d/ loaded files realy screwed.

fructose

Posted 25 July 2006 - 02:24 PM

ringsting

Posted 25 July 2006 - 04:26 PM

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What sort of files are you downloading?

movies music apps usualy torrents but from reliable source used for a long time only recently had prob..

im wodering if something has got on my system that is corrupting rar files but woul have thought regular scans i do would show something. everything else seems ok was hoping somebody else may have had this prob and could point me in right direction . do you think i shoul post a hijack log..

fructose

Posted 25 July 2006 - 04:32 PM

If you want to be checked for malware, please go to the malware forum and follow the instructions at the top....Especially the CLICK HERE.

That will give you several steps that will help you clean up 70 percent of all problems by yourself. If at the end of the process you are still having difficulty--and you may not be-- then post a hijackthis log in THAT forum.

If you are still having problems after getting a clean bill of health from the malware expert, please return to this thread.

ringsting

Posted 25 July 2006 - 05:17 PM

If you want to be checked for malware, please go to the malware forum and follow the instructions at the top....Especially the CLICK HERE.

That will give you several steps that will help you clean up 70 percent of all problems by yourself. If at the end of the process you are still having difficulty--and you may not be-- then post a hijackthis log in THAT forum.

If you are still having problems after getting a clean bill of health from the malware expert, please return to this thread.

ok will take yopur advice and hopefully sort it thx for your time and effort cheers.